CVE-2006-2400 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Outgun game bots by sending large packets that trigger exceptions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2400?
CVE-2006-2400 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The leetnet functions (leetnet/rudp.cpp) in Outgun 1.0.3 bot 2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (game interruption) via large packets, which cause an exception to be thrown.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2400?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Outgun Outgun.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2400?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2400 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-2400 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2400 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-284m-gqwm-4mq7.